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Description:He made his cinematic debut in 2000 in the independent film George Washington, directed by David Gordon Green. He has since starred in All the Real Girls, As research for his role as Jesse Baylor in "Elizabethtown", director Cameron Crowe suggested that Schneider tour with the band "My Morning Jacket" for five days beginning June 1, 2004. So he accompanied them to concerts held in such locations as Irving Plaza, the Webster Theater, the Theater of the Living Arts, and Stone Pony Landing.
Following Elizabethtown, Schneider was given more supporting roles in The Family Stone and Live Free or Die. In 2007, ScHe made his cinematic debut in 2000 in the independent film George Washington, directed by David Gordon Green. He has since starred in All the Real Girls, As research for his role as Jesse Baylor in "Elizabethtown", director Cameron Crowe suggested that Schneider tour with the band "My Morning Jacket" for five days beginning June 1, 2004. So he accompanied them to concerts held in such locations as Irving Plaza, the Webster Theater, the Theater of the Living Arts, and Stone Pony Landing.

Following Elizabethtown, Schneider was given more supporting roles in The Family Stone and Live Free or Die. In 2007, Schneider, again as a supporting actor, portrayed Gus Lindstrom in Lars and the Real Girl and Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

He was named as one of the "Ten Actors to Watch" by Variety in 2007.

In 2008, he made his directorial debut with the independent film Pretty Bird.

In 2009 Schneider appeared as Charles Armitage Brown in the Keats film Bright Star, directed by Jane Campion, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society of Film Critics. The award was shared with Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds.

He currently appears on the NBC series, Parks and Recreation as Mark Brendanawicz, from some of the creative team behind The Office. Despite having been renewed for a third season, "Parks and Recreation" will not return with the familiar Pawnee city planner, as confirmed by co-creator and executive producer Mike Schur.... (more)(less)